Effects of Moisture Content and Extrusion Parameters on Tensile Strength of Starch and Poly(Lactic Acid) Blends

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 573-579

  Pan, Hongde ^a   Sun, Xiuzhi Susan ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Moisture content; Plastics; Poly(lactic acid); Starch; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

HEATING ZONES; TENSILE BARS;

BLENDING; EXTRUSION; INJECTION MOLDING; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PLASTICS EXTRUDERS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYNOMIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

STARCH;

EID: 0346749346     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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